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Then you should watch last night's Campbell Live. John Campbell and Co are really hitting their strides. They investigate real issues and let ordinary New Zealanders tell the story in their own words without embellishment. It is so refreshing to actually be given an insight…
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I'm a big fan of Bernie Sanders and all that he has accomplished. But with his loss in California it really is over. Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee. (Never mind the foolishness of selecting a candidate with potentially huge legal problems, and the…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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What are we so afraid of? More ships and spooks - Govt to pump $20b into Defence Force More ships, surveillance planes and spies will make up a $20 billion investment in the Defence Force over the next 15 years. Meanwhile the budget resulted in…
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Yet another indicator: 'It's a crisis' says Mission The homeless population of central Auckland is two-and-a-half times higher than it was three years ago, a new report says. The Auckland City Street Count of Central Auckland has found 177 people were sleeping rough within 3km…
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Remember all those jobs the construction of the Sky City Convention Centre was going to create? And how we were going to increase the incidence of human misery and sacrifice the country's legislative independence just so we could have a convention centre? And the process…
capitalism Media national radio same old national Steven Joyce the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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Labour and The Greens will be pleased with headlines like this: Agreement gives small boost to Labour, Greens Labour and the Green Party have received a small boost in a One News Colmar Brunton poll taken over the period in which the parties announced an…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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The wording of the proposal that was voted on, The initiative proposes to insert the following article in the federal constitution: 1. The government will provide a basic income. 2. The basic income will allow the people to live in a dignified manner and participate in public…
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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has called for an unprecedented drop in immigration numbers, suggesting that the current 124,000 a year be dropped to between 7000 and 15,000. Peters also wants potential immigrants to be thoroughly interviewed at the border, and their knowledge of…
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It would be nice if overhwelming scientific consensus and facts were enough to shape policy, but in the absence of that I suppose we have to take what we can get: Pacific visit an 'eye-opener' for Bennett Visiting small island states affected by sea-level rises…
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Seems the path towards acceptance of the UBI is not going to be smooth: Swiss voters reject proposal to give basic income to every adult and child Exit polls suggest 78% voted against scheme to give £1,765 a month to each adult, which supporters say…
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Reposted from boots theory I’m a bit late to the party on the Labour/Greens M.O.U. but letting the dust clear a little before passing judgement is perhaps not such a bad thing. The M.O.U. had to happen. And the sooner the better. Not because it…
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A very depressing statistic from America: More Young Adults Now Live With Parents Than Partners It’s the first time that this has happened in the U.S. in more than 130 years. ... In 2014, Americans 18 to 34 years old were a little bit likelier…
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Stuff reports: If you think that’s a stretch (and Peters has run with conspiracy theories on less), here’s another theory that’s been doing the rounds much longer. It is that Peters will only retire after he has fulfilled his ambition of one day being prime…
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May 2016 didn’t record the highest land/ocean temperatures for any May on record! The world in May 1998 was 0.11 degrees C warmer than it was last month. Here’s the graph.(source page) Here’s another comparing the six warmest years on record to the long term…
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https://twitter.com/muhammadali/status/532982049666531329
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Over in Australia the Nation is in campaign mode. Politicians are looking for every opportunity to get air time and impress the electors with the quality of their thoughts and world views. The Liberal Party has slipped into business as usual mode and is campaigning on…
australian politics capitalism class war cost of living Economy employment Media spin the praiseworthy and the pitiful wages workers' rights you couldn't make this shit up
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Sad news that Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer the world will ever know has died of respiratory illness. Ali was more than just an astonishing sportsman, he was a man of considerable spirit and conviction. In the mid sixties, he turned his back on riches…
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A little something to digest on this long weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmRVKJ8AUtk The PHI Centre - As the founder and director of a major non-profit contemporary art institution called DHC/ART Foundation, Phoebe Greenberg's commitment and passion for the arts extends even further with PHI, a business dedicated…
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https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/738655236357644289 Hi, Standarnistas. 1. The link to the live stream of the speeches from Andrew Little and James Shaw is above. I can tell you that its a cracker day here in Lincoln. Blue skies and unseasonably warm; who said climate change is all bad…
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Never mind the fact that this blew up in Key's face when the Sallies told the world he was lying (good on Andrew Little for calling it). No the real scandal here is that Key would try to run this line at all: Nor is…
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The Green Party AGM and Conference is on this weekend. Saturday 4 June • 1.15pm Keynote speech by Labour Party leader Andrew Little • Streaming live from the Green Party Facebook page • Keynote speech by Green Party Co-leader James Shaw • Joint media stand-up…
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